#NOVATION LAUNCHEY SENSITIVITY PRO#
On the Pro however, everything is a lot more user-friendly, and much quicker to navigate.įor example, the new RGB buttons light up with the exact colour of the clip in Ableton so you can better keep track of what you’re looking at. You can move your position using the arrow buttons, start a clip by pressing the corresponding pad and launch a whole scene with the play buttons running down the right hand side. When you open a set in Ableton Live and select the “session” function, the controller will show the clips on screen, with a red box in Ableton showing the area covered by the grid. On the surface the Launchpad Pro still functions as it used to. Unlike the original Launchpad they’re velocity sensitive and feel as good as the pads on the Ableton Push, giving the impression of a rock-solid controller you’d happily throw in a bag and not have to worry about getting damaged. Finally, there’s the grid of 64 pads itself.
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The supplied MIDI and USB cables come in the same orange – a minor detail, but one that doesn’t go unnoticed, especially when some manufacturers won’t give you free cables at all. Novation has been making some of the best controller keyboards in the business for well over a decade now, but the Launchpad Pro feels like the most solid, desirable controller it’s made to date. The matt black finish is reminiscent of the Ableton Push, and the rubberised orange base (complete with grid indentations) gives the whole thing a reassuring sturdiness the original Launchpad never had.
There’s also Ableton’s Push, a controller that does everything the original Launchpad does and a whole lot more – admittedly at a much higher price. It’s long overdue in the past six years MIDI controllers have grown more innovative while mobile apps have reduced the need to own a physical controller at all. There have been several revamps to the Launchpad since it was released in 2009, but the new Launchpad Pro is the first that truly feels like a genuine update. Necessary, but not particularly exciting. However, they also highlight the Launchpad’s fundamental weakness: when you draw back the curtain, what you’ve got is a device designed for triggering clips in Ableton.
These videos sum up why the Launchpad is such a popular device for producers: no matter your ability level, it can make you look like a star without much effort. One video – a Launchpad cover of Martin Garrix’s ‘Animals’ – has racked up a staggering 8 million views. There, among heartfelt acoustic covers of rock ballads, is a whole sub-category of videos devoted to performing cover versions using the grid-based MIDI controller. If you want proof of the popularity of Novation’s Launchpad, just visit YouTube.
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